Editor's note: Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was a poet, novelist, essayist, screen-writer, sporting writer, editor, and translator. Much of his work is set in sparsely populated regions of the West and Midwest. As Charlie Brice wrote in a review in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette of The English Major, “Harrison's... appreciation for life's pleasures, his hallowing of the every day, his celebration of food and smells and nature and color, combine to produce a feast of what makes us human and of what makes it so hard to leave our troubled planet.” Jim Harrison was best known for his novella Legends of the Fall which was adapted into a Edward Zwick-directed movie with Brad Pitt, Julia Ormond, and Anthony Quinn, but he was a master of his craft who wrote equally well about nature, food, hunting, fishing, and travel. He was that rare talent who co... [more In Memoriam: Jim Harrison (1937-2016)]
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A Maggot (Signed Limited Edition)Signed First Editionby FOWLES, John
London : Jonathan Cape , 1985
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The Jerusalem WindowsFirst Editionby CHAGALL, Marc and Jean Leymarie
New York : George Braziller , 1962
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The Sargeantville Notebook (Signed First Edition)Signed First Editionby STRAND, Mark
Providence, RI : Burning Deck , 1973
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See America First: The Prints of H.C. WestermannFirst Editionby WESTERMANN, H.C.
Chicago, IL : The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago , 2001
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Facing Up (Signed First Edition)Signed First Editionby TRESS, Arthur
Geneva, Switzerland : Bernard Letu Editeur , 1980
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All The Pretty Horses (Signed Advance Reading Copy)Signed First Editionby MCCARTHY, Cormac
New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1992
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